Recent Findings
Recent findings from data analysis up to October 2008
Outcomes
| Total enquiries for enrolment | 1818 |
| Total Enrolments | 1370 |
| Total Live Births | 1237 (17 sets of twins) + (7 of twin ) |
| Live Births No defects | 1158 (17 sets of twins) + (3 x 1 of twin sets) |
| Live birth Defects | 51 (4 x 1 of twin sets) |
| Live Births Defects at 1 yr | 28 |
| Total Abortions | 66 (2 set of twins) + ( 1 of twin ) |
| Induced Abortion Maternal choice | 1 |
| Induced Abortion Defect | 13 (1 set of twins) + (1 of twin) |
| Still Birth | 12 |
| Spontaneous Abortion | 40 (1 set of twins) |
| Lost To Follow up | 11 |
| Total Outcomes |
1314 (included 23 sets of twins) from 1291 women (lost included in total outcomes) |
All AED's in Mono and Polytherapy with numbers and percentages of related foetal malformations (FM's)
Seizure Control
If a woman is seizure-free for at least 12 months prior to pregnancy, her chance of remaining seizure- free during the pregnancy and delivery is significantly reduced.
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Seizures in pregnancy |
Seizures in labour |
Post-partum month seizures |
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All seizures |
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< 1yr |
75.2% |
0% |
29.7% |
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1-2yr |
32.3% |
0% |
6.1% |
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>2yr |
17.3% |
5.7% |
8.5% |
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Convulsive seizures |
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< 1yr |
39.6% |
0% |
5.6% |
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1-2yr |
14.1% |
0% |
2.0% |
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> 2yr |
8.4% |
0% |
2.8% |
Seizure control in pregnancy in relation to previous duration of epilepsy control, in 875 Women with Epilepsy treated with AEDs throughout pregnancy (Ref: The Australian Register of Antiepileptic Drugs in Pregnancy: The first 1002 pregnancies, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2007;47:468-474)
Breast feeding Information
Of 1114 women analyzed so far it has shown that 857 did successfully breast feed their babies and 257 women didn't breast feed.
Of those that didn't feed, 145 chose not due to the medication and the remaining 112 chose not to for other reasons relating to breast feeding (anatomical reasons, poor supply etc.)
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Your participation will benefit women's and babies' health and may help you and your family in future pregnancies.